Which to use
“leg” and “legos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,212
- “leg” frequency rank
- #39,839
- “legos” frequency rank
- 78051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leg | legos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pierna | Forma del plural de lego. |
Where the eye mixes leg and legos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. leg runs 3 letters (CVC) against legos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: leg vs legos
A purely visual mix-up. leg ([lɛɡ]) and legos ([ˈleɣ̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “leg” sits inside “legos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leg is recorded at frequency rank #38,212, classified as anoun, pronounced [lɛɡ]. legos is at rank #39,839, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈleɣ̞os].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 78051, this pair ranks #15,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of leg vs legos
Shared letters: egl. Private to "leg": -. Private to "legos": os.
"leg" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "legos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- legos ← elgos · leggos · legoss · legso · leogs · lgeos · llegos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leg" for "legos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "leg" vs "legos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "leg" and "legos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leg" and "legos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legos vs lens". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #15,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.